Second testing centre for taxis and private hire vehicles opens next week
A second testing centre for taxis and private hire vehicles will open next Friday (1 April) at Sunnybank Service Station.
A second testing centre for taxis and private hire vehicles will open next Friday (1 April) at Sunnybank Service Station.
Council leaders have confirmed that a second testing centre for taxis and private hire vehicles will open later this year.
Members of the armed forces have been helping to support rapid onsite Covid testing in schools across Bury.
Community volunteers and public sector staff are going door-to-door to encourage residents to get their Covid vaccination and get tested.
Got the symptoms of coronavirus? Five testing centres will be open across Bury over the Easter weekend.
Rapid turnaround testing for Covid symptoms is starting in Bury among those most likely to be affected in order to help drive down transmission rates.
Ramsbottom is the latest town in the borough of Bury to open a walk-in coronavirus testing centre.
Two more testing centres for coronavirus will open in Bury in the next few days – and will be open seven days a week.
A third walk-in centre has opened in the borough today (Monday 21 Sep) to provide Covid tests to those who have symptoms.
Health bosses are urgently appealing to local people to only request a coronavirus test if they have symptoms to ensure tests are available for those that really need them.
The number of new coronavirus cases in Bury has risen for the fifth consecutive week, with those aged 18-39 still accounting for more than half of all those who tested positive.
Increased levels of testing for health and social care staff are being delivered at a town centre location in Bury, enabling much needed members of the key worker population to be tested for Covid-19 and safely return to work as quickly as possible.